Titune naps in the sun. (left)Mona naps on the couch.
I took both of these on my walk home from the train station. Pretty fields next to the house in Noyelles-Gadault.
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Lucky Me!
Bonjour everyone!
First some backround: There is another assistant here from Raleigh (Abby)!! We met for coffee before the trip...cool girl.
Ok, so Abby got in on Friday and gave me a call. We decided to hang out in Lille on Saturday since Honorine had work all day. I took the train in and we had a lovely day walking around in the sunshine. She is staying in a hostel until she finds a place to stay and while we were having coffee she got a call from someone offering her an apartment. So we decided to go check it out. It was the smallest room I've ever seen and about a 40min. walk from the center of Lille!! Apparently finding an apartment is not such an easy thing here. I am really the luckiest person ever to already have a place to stay!!! THANKS BEAUCOUP to everyone that helped me out with that!!!
In other news...the weather continues to be awesome (knock on wood). Who would have thought I'd need sunglasses and not a coat here : )
Easy quiche recipe:
Cover a deep dish pizza pan with parchment paper (bottom and sides)
Lay one roll of puff pastry down
Cover the puff pastry with a layer of creme fraiche
In a bowl, mix 3-4 eggs with thinly sliced sausage
-pour the contents over the creme fraiche to make a layer of egg/sausage mixture
Bake at 200 degrees celsius (392 farenheight) until done
ENJOY!
First some backround: There is another assistant here from Raleigh (Abby)!! We met for coffee before the trip...cool girl.
Ok, so Abby got in on Friday and gave me a call. We decided to hang out in Lille on Saturday since Honorine had work all day. I took the train in and we had a lovely day walking around in the sunshine. She is staying in a hostel until she finds a place to stay and while we were having coffee she got a call from someone offering her an apartment. So we decided to go check it out. It was the smallest room I've ever seen and about a 40min. walk from the center of Lille!! Apparently finding an apartment is not such an easy thing here. I am really the luckiest person ever to already have a place to stay!!! THANKS BEAUCOUP to everyone that helped me out with that!!!
In other news...the weather continues to be awesome (knock on wood). Who would have thought I'd need sunglasses and not a coat here : )
Easy quiche recipe:
Cover a deep dish pizza pan with parchment paper (bottom and sides)
Lay one roll of puff pastry down
Cover the puff pastry with a layer of creme fraiche
In a bowl, mix 3-4 eggs with thinly sliced sausage
-pour the contents over the creme fraiche to make a layer of egg/sausage mixture
Bake at 200 degrees celsius (392 farenheight) until done
ENJOY!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
NEW FEATURE!
So in the house that I live in there is a giant salt water aquarium. There are many plants and crabs and 3 fish. The biggest plant of all is a huge anenome that is home to the 2 Nemo clown fish. The crazy thing is...it moves very slowly all over the aquarium. So I'm going to start the anenome tracker.
25 September 2008. 15:28h
Some Fotos
Our trip to the zoo and fair. Mom, Honorine, Charlotte, and Cedric
The lady at the delicious balls-of-funnel-cake stand.
The whole group eating sweets!
The ferris wheel
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Le Premiere Semaine
Bonjour tout le monde!!! I am finally settled in and will start informing you about the happenings of my life (well, most of them ; ). I got back from Paris yesterday and the French immersion has truly begun. My roomate can only speak a little English and the only person I have met that is fluent in English refuses to speak it to me! (the French way of course) Its great though because now I will definitely learn.
I am living with Romaric's cousin Hono, her boyfriend Cedric, the black lab Titune, the grey cat Mona, and two "Nemo" clown fish. We are in a small town so they have a big house and it is very comfortable. I am so lucky to be living with such nice people!!! They drive me all the time wherever I need to go and are so so nice!! Already they have taken me to the fair, zoo, Belgium, Ikea, McDonalds, and 4 pet stores!
side note: the McDonalds here is AMAZING...well designed, beautiful interior, and delicious desserts!
The food is unbelievable!! All of the steryotypes are indeed true...coffee, cheese, and lots of bread. We have dessert and coffee in the middle of the day...today was a strawberry tartlette. Yesterday, hot chocolate and brownie. Everyone has been really nice (as far as I can tell...can't really understand much) and I have met lots of Hono's friends!!
Ok, enough for now...time to watch Star Academie (the coolest show in Fr.). Stay tuned!!
I am living with Romaric's cousin Hono, her boyfriend Cedric, the black lab Titune, the grey cat Mona, and two "Nemo" clown fish. We are in a small town so they have a big house and it is very comfortable. I am so lucky to be living with such nice people!!! They drive me all the time wherever I need to go and are so so nice!! Already they have taken me to the fair, zoo, Belgium, Ikea, McDonalds, and 4 pet stores!
side note: the McDonalds here is AMAZING...well designed, beautiful interior, and delicious desserts!
The food is unbelievable!! All of the steryotypes are indeed true...coffee, cheese, and lots of bread. We have dessert and coffee in the middle of the day...today was a strawberry tartlette. Yesterday, hot chocolate and brownie. Everyone has been really nice (as far as I can tell...can't really understand much) and I have met lots of Hono's friends!!
Ok, enough for now...time to watch Star Academie (the coolest show in Fr.). Stay tuned!!
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